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Jubilee window honours Queen, Church and corgi

Times Staff

November 2 2012, 12:01am, The Times

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The Queen has unveiled a stained glass window to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee, which includes a depiction of her riding a horse accompanied by a corgi. The window, in the Chapel of the Savoy, London, bears the initials ER flanked by angels and figures representing honour and justice.

It is inscribed: “I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service”. The window also contains symbols of the Church of England, Armed Forces and Commonwealth. A small red image at the bottom shows the Queen mounted on a horse with a corgi trotting alongside her.

The design by the Edinburgh-born artist Douglas Hogg, 64, was selected by the Queen and beat 33 rival entries.

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